BEIROET (ANP/RTR) - De Israëlische krijgsmacht (IDF) heeft zogenoemde evacuatiebevelen uitgevaardigd voor elf dorpen in Zuid-Libanon. Alle inwoners moeten vertrekken, omdat het leger zegt aanvallen uit te voeren op doelen van Hezbollah.

De dorpen liggen ten noorden van de 'veiligheidszone' die Israël heeft ingesteld in het zuiden van Libanon. Daar zijn Israëlische militairen actief en mogen inwoners niet terugkeren. Ook worden daar huizen en hele dorpen afgebroken. Volgens de IDF is dat nodig om te voorkomen dat Hezbollah dicht bij de Israëlische grens kan werken.

Officieel geldt een staakt-het-vuren in Libanon, maar Israël gaat door met luchtaanvallen. Volgens de IDF reageert het daarmee op schendingen van het bestand door Hezbollah. Dat zou ook gelden voor de evacuatiebevelen van zondag.

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Located at the Chillagoe-Mungana National Park.
Short drive from the Chillagoe Township.

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Built around 1900 and operated until 1943.

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Looking eastward over the two northern companion lakelets of Lake Tyndall in the Tyndall Range. Tasmania.

Getting close to dark with rain brewing behind the camera. Starting to spit.

Ricoh GRiii, 18.3mm f/2.8 GR lens, 1/1000th sec at f/5.6, ISO 640

This buzzy quarter is best enjoyed on one of the many tree-lined terraces, eating gourmet wraps, sipping bio wine and listening to live jazz

Named for its 19th-century neoclassical church, Notre-Dame du Mont was once a site where sailors who’d survived shipwrecks and storms made offerings of thanks. Now locals and visitors make a pilgrimage to this vibrant quarter for its restaurants, indie shops and street art. Voted Time Out’s coolest neighbourhood in the world in 2024, Notre-Dame du Mont has retained its laid-back charm while continuing to grow, stretching south on Rue de Lodi. Since December 2025, the church’s parvis has been pedestrianised. Removing the urban roar of scooters has returned the quarter to its village-like ambience – best enjoyed on one of the many tree-lined terraces.

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After subscribing to the Claude chatbot, mystery payments started to appear on one family’s credit card bill. They are not alone

David Duggan* was so impressed with the ability of the Claude chatbot to answer medical questions and organise family life, that a $20-a-month (£15) subscription seemed like money well spent.

But then his wife spotted two $200 payments on his credit card bill for gift cards to use the artificial intelligence tool.

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Exclusive: Union body finds workers describing themselves as ‘gambling’ because wages felt like the outcome of chance rather than work

The practice of using “dynamic pricing” to set pay on gig economy platforms including Uber should be banned because it leaves workers at the mercy of shadowy algorithms with no certainty over their earnings, trade union leaders have urged.

In a report exposing the human cost of the gig economy practice, the Trades Union Congress said pay was becoming decoupled from time, skill or effort. Instead, work had become a speculative practice with the rewards determined by an algorithmic process with little transparency.

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Cheshire villagers are letting lawns grow wild to improve diversity and reconnect with nature on their doorstep

Ian Waddington was crouched in his garden last summer, inspecting loose paving, when he lifted a slab and spotted something extraordinary: a tiny field mouse nestled in a hollow, feeding four babies – each half the size of his little finger. “It was astonishing. Like life in miniature,” he says.

After decades in the construction industry, the 86-year-old has found a new passion in retirement – nature. The discovery of the field mice made him realise his garden could be a thriving habitat for animal and plant life. This year, Waddington joined the No Mow May movement and allowed his garden grow wild through spring.

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From legitimate scrutiny to lurid scare stories, the Green party’s rise has brought a sudden spike in attention

It is the lot of smaller parties that grow rapidly that they tend to endure something of a trial by the media in the UK. The attention from some of the newspapers and broadcasters to the Green party before this week’s elections has occasionally borne an unlikely resemblance to the height of Clegg-mania in the spring of 2010, when the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, was rewarded for his positive polling with the unlikely Daily Mail headline “Clegg in Nazi slur on Britain”.

All manner of colourful tales have emerged about Green policies and personnel as the party has risen up the national opinion polls, making them something of a target for news editors and reporters. That attention has ranged from legitimate questions over the views of members to more eccentric warnings of a dire future for everyone in Britain from exotic animals to members of the clergy.

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For five years, our column has attempted to settle rows about the important little things … but what happens after the verdicts are in?

Since 2021, I’ve had one of the most brilliantly nosy jobs in journalism. Writing Saturday magazine’s You be the judge column has let me into the interior lives of others, lifting the lid on the everyday irritations that grind people’s gears in their closest relationships. It’s the pettiness that gets people going. I’ve interviewed couples at war over alarms and dishcloths, girlfriends disagreeing about dog care, and sisters who cohabit and argue about their sex lives.

With interviews conducted online and in person, I’ve accumulated domestic disputes from every corner of the globe which have also sparked heated debates online. Part small-claims court, part sociological experiment, You be the judge turns low-stakes grievances into battles that somehow feel life-or-death, and it’s fascinating to see which minor injustices ignite the fiercest debates.

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Her actions may be numbing pain she feels in other areas of her life, so you must approach the issue thoughtfully

My mother is in her 70s and addicted to playing video games such as Tetris, many different versions of solitaire and slot machine gambling games.

In the 1990s my parents bought a desktop computer and my mum started to play mostly card games on it for hours. As technology has progressed, she moved to a laptop and now a smartphone. When my sisters and I were younger, we used to joke about her gaming, but we’ve come to realise it has affected our relationships as she has never been emotionally available. When I’m with Mum now, she always has her phone in her hand and will be playing a game even when I’m talking to her. I never feel I have her full attention. She is like this with other family members too and it’s become a bit of a family joke.

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This cute and jovial eatery is reason enough to make a break for the coast

As summer looms, and with it the urge to stampede towards the edges of Britain in search of paddling opportunities, I proffer another coastal dining idea: Willy’s in Margate – and, yes, that name does have about it something of the naughty seaside postcard. Tucked away in the back of Margate House hotel on Dalby Square, a few minutes’ walk from the seafront, Willy’s is a blur of frilly red-and-pink seaside adorableness. It’s cool, cute and jovial, with pork scratchings and apple chutney on the menu, as well as black pudding scotch eggs, sticky toffee pudding and Sunday lunches of beef rump and baked cauliflower cheese. This menu is short, intentional and hearty, rather than airy-fairy, and it chortles in the face of small plates.

But, for the foodie/sippy crowd, the signifiers are all here: there’s a paper plane and a penicillin on the cocktail menu, throwbacks to New York’s iconic Milk and Honey bar. There are three Olivier Pithon natural wines from Roussillon on the short list, which as a whole leans towards natural and low-intervention bottles from France, Spain and Italy. Most tellingly, the chef is Mark O’Brien, who worked with Robin Gill at the Dairy in London and at Samphire in nearby Whitstable before making this little nook his home, and who earlier this year reached the final three of MasterChef: The Professionals. Willy’s is clearly run by a team that knows about nice things.

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"The war in Iran has sent oil-starved countries scrambling for fuel," CNN reported this week. And many of those countries now want renewable fuels, the article points out, "leaving them turning to the renewables king of the planet: China."

Chinese exports of solar technology, batteries and electric vehicles all reached record highs in March, according to energy think tank Ember, a sign that the historic oil supply shock is accelerating the adoption of clean energy around the world... A Thursday report from Ember said China exported 68 gigawatts of solar technology in March, surpassing the previous record set in August by 50%. Fifty countries set new records for Chinese solar imports, with the most significant growth coming from emerging markets in Asia and Africa hit hardest by the energy crisis, according to the think tank. "Fossil shocks are boosting the solar surge," said Euan Graham, senior analyst at Ember, in the report. "Solar has already become the engine of the global economy, and now the current fossil fuel price shocks are taking it up a gear."

Ember said exports of solar, batteries and EVs in total rose 70% in March year over year, according to Chinese customs data... China's battery exports reached $10 billion in March, with particularly high growth rates in the European Union, Australia and India, Ember said. Uncertainty over when the Strait of Hormuz will reopen has spurred deeper regional anxieties about energy securi"ty, helping to hasten the transition to clean energy, analysts said.
The article notes how different countries are reacting to fuel


Asian nations that depend on the Middle East for energy imports "are trying to mitigate fuel shortages by encouraging energy conservation and shortening work hours."
The UK's Energy Secretary said this week that the country needed to reduce its reliance on gas for electricity. "As we face the second fossil fuel shock in less than 5 years, the lesson for our country is clear: The era of fossil fuel security is over, and the era of clean energy security must come of age."
Pakistan "has been spared some of the impact from the war, since it began drastically importing cheap Chinese solar panels a few years ago. Using solar energy rather than costly oil imports is estimated to save the country billions of dollars each year."
"According to the China Passenger Car Association, Chinese exports of electric vehicles and hybrids hit a record high in March, increasing 140% compared with the same period a year ago."


Thanks to Slashdot reader AleRunner for sharing the article.

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Na een steekpartij zaterdagavond in Rotterdam-Delfshaven zijn twee verdachten aangehouden. Dat meldt de politie zondag. Het gaat om mannen van 18 en 22 jaar. Ze komen uit Rotterdam.

Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 03-05-2026 07:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 15.9°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 14.8°C / Max 17.0°C | Kans op neerslag 55%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 14.8°C, Max 17.0°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 11.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 55%, 🧭 1010.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.6 km/u (4.6 m/s), richting: ↑ 194°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 08:00: 16.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1010.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ↑ 176°
• 09:00: 16.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 23%, 🧭 1010.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↑ 193°
• 10:00: 17.0°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 52%, 🧭 1010.7 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 204°
• 11:00: 16.1°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 76%, 🧭 1010.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↑ 202°
• 12:00: 15.8°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.0 mm, Kans op neerslag 88%, 🧭 1010.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.6 km/u (4.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 204°
• 13:00: 15.8°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 96%, 🧭 1010.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 210°
• 14:00: 15.8°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 1010.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↑ 200°
• 15:00: 15.7°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 3.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 1010.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ↗ 218°
• 16:00: 15.9°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 3.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 1009.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↑ 199°
• 17:00: 16.1°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 96%, 🧭 1009.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.6 km/u (4.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 203°
• 18:00: 16.5°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 85%, 🧭 1009.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 205°
• 19:00: 15.9°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 71%, 🧭 1008.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.1 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: ↑ 195°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• maandag 04 mei: Min 12.6°C, Max 17.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 7%, 🧭 1011.7 hPa ↗️ +1.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: → 290°
• dinsdag 05 mei: Min 8.6°C, Max 15.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 14%, 🧭 1011.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.8 km/u (5.2 m/s), richting: ↙ 32°
• woensdag 06 mei: Min 7.6°C, Max 14.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1013.0 hPa ↗️ +1.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.9 km/u (5.8 m/s), richting: ↙ 51°
• donderdag 07 mei: Min 6.1°C, Max 13.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1015.3 hPa ↗️ +2.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↙ 58°
• vrijdag 08 mei: Min 9.1°C, Max 15.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 10%, 🧭 1015.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 10.2 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↑ 158°
• zaterdag 09 mei: Min 10.1°C, Max 15.9°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 5.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 26%, 🧭 1009.8 hPa ↘️ -5.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.8 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↖ 134°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 07:15): 15.9°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 15.9°C (0.0°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↑ 165°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 20.2 km/h (5.6 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 79%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1010.0 hPa ↗️ +0.7 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.2
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:08 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:09

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 50 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 14.1 μg/m³
• PM10: 19.3 μg/m³

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Fremantle Prison gains unique documents about Catalpa captain. Captain George Anthony's family share historic documents detailing the life of the principled Quaker who was branded a pirate for his role in the Catalpa rescue.

The Catalpa rescue was the escape, on 17–19 April 1876, of six Irish Fenian[1] prisoners from the Convict Establishment (now Fremantle Prison), a British penal colony in Western Australia. They were taken on the convict ship Hougoumont to Fremantle, Western Australia, arriving 9 January 1868. In 1869, pardons had been issued to many of the imprisoned Fenians. Another round of pardons was issued in 1871, after which only a small group of "military" Fenians remained in Western Australia's penal system. In 1874, prisoner James Wilson secretly sent a letter to New York City journalist John Devoy, who worked to organize a rescue. Using donations collected by Devoy from Irish-Americans, Fremantle escapee John Boyle O'Reilly, then living in Boston, purchased a merchant ship, Catalpa, and sailed her to international waters off Rockingham, Western Australia. On 17 April 1876 at 8:30 am, Wilson and five other Fenians working outside the prison walls, Thomas Darragh, Martin Hogan, Michael Harrington, Thomas Hassett, and Robert Cranston, boarded a whaleboat O'Reilly had dispatched, were taken aboard Catalpa, and escaped to New York. [1] Irish republican revolutionaries that sought to achieve the independence of Ireland from the British Empire in the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century.